Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

All that Donald Trump comedy paid off — hugely — for “Saturday Night Live” on Thursday. The NBC series and HBO’s lavish drama “Westworld” each earned 22 Emmy nominations to lead the field for the 69th annual prizes.

“Stranger Things” star Millie Bobby Brown, who used to live in Central Florida, is a nominee for supporting dramatic actress for playing Eleven.

“Only in my dreams could I have imagined this,” the 13-year-old actress said. “Thank you to the Television Academy for the incredible amount of love and support they have shown me and our show this morning. I have so...

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A Bill Cosby statue is being removed from Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park, a Walt Disney World spokeswoman said Tuesday evening.
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CBS and the Television Academy announced Monday that “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert will host the 69th Emmy Awards this fall.
Colbert was an Emmy winner himself for his work on his Comedy Central series “The Colbert Report.”
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